Intro: |
E |
E/Eb E/D |
It's a god-awful small affair |
C# F#m |
To the girl with the mousy hair |
F#m/E B |
But her mummy is yelling "No" |
B E |
And her daddy has told her to go |
E/Eb E/D |
But her friend is nowhere to be seen |
C# |
Now she walks |
F#m |
Through her sunken dream |
F#m/E B |
To the seat with the clearest view |
B D |
And she's hooked to the silver screen |
D/Eb Em |
But the film is a saddening bore |
F C |
For she's lived it ten times or more |
Ab Am |
She could spit in the eyes of fools |
Bb |
As they ask her to focus on |
A D F#m |
Sailors fighting in the dance hall |
F#m F E Em |
Oh man! look at those cavemen go |
Em Bm Dm |
It's the freakiest show |
Dm A |
Take a look at the Lawman |
D F#m |
Beating up the wrong guy |
F#m F E Em |
Oh man! wonder if he'll ever know |
Em Bm Dm |
He's in the best selling show |
Dm F#m F E Ebm7b5 |
Is there life on Mars? |
Bridge: |
E E/F F#m C#dim Abm A Am E |
E E/Eb E/D |
It's on Amerika's tortured brow |
C# F#m |
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow |
F#m/E B |
Now the workers have struck for fame |
B E |
'Cause Lennon's on sale again |
E/Eb E/D |
See the mice in their million hordes |
C# F#m |
From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads |
F#m/E B |
Rule Britannia is out of bounds |
B D |
To my mother, my dog, and clowns |
D/Eb Em |
But the film is a saddening bore |
F C |
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more |
Ab Am |
It's about to be writ again |
Bb |
As I ask you to focus on |
A D F#m |
Sailors fighting in the dance hall |
F#m F E Em |
Oh man! look at those cavemen go |
Em Bm Dm |
It's the freakiest show |
Dm A |
Take a look at the Lawman |
D F#m |
Beating up the wrong guy |
F#m F E Em |
Oh man! wonder if he'll ever know |
Em Bm Dm |
He's in the best selling show |
Dm F#m F E Ebm7b5 |
Is there life on Mars? |
Bridge: |
C# F#m/E E E/Eb x2 |
Bridge: |
E E/F F#m F#m/E F#m/E D Dm A |
Bridge: |
C# F#m/E E E/Eb x2 |
Ending: |
E E/Eb C# F#m/E x2 |